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the jet stream to the north of us. we're going to continue to get thank flux of warmer air and once again, that is going to continue until tomorrow. we are pretty locked in here. the ridge will slide its way off the coast so we can slide into late monday and sunday. we have a frontal system. that's going to slide its way down. it will affect us as we move into the later part of monday and tuesday and we'll be set up for some showers and storms. tomorrow, hazy, hot and humid. do be careful and protect yourself. lots of fluid. make sure you wear light loose clothing. check on your elderly neighbors and do not leave your pets outside in this heat. they cannot survive at all. keep them in the shade. even children, don't let them be outside in the heat in this extended time period. becoming mostly clear with light winds, overnight low much 68 degrees, westerly winds from 5 to 10. tomorrow, sunny, hot and humid. even though we're going to be pretty close to the same temperature, it's going to feel even warmer because of the
the jet stream to the north of us. we're going to continue to get thank flux of warmer air and once again, that is going to continue until tomorrow. we are pretty locked in here. the ridge will slide its way off the coast so we can slide into late monday and sunday. we have a frontal system. that's going to slide its way down. it will affect us as we move into the later part of monday and tuesday and we'll be set up for some showers and storms. tomorrow, hazy, hot and humid. do be careful and...
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i hope you watched us today. thank for tuning in. for a chance to be the fan of the day, log on to facebook page and leave a comment under isaac's photo. >>> let's answer today's trivia question. we asked when was the first national observance of flag day, right? there were your choices. 190, 1850, 1877. >> any guesses? >> 1877. gwen peeked. >> i did not >> it's right in front of you. >> the answer is right. 1877. she is trying to impress our facebook fan of the day. it was a century after the flag had its first birthday. people across the country celebrated june day. it was not until 1949 that congress made it own observance. >> it's thursday. you know what that means. tomorrow is ask allison time. if have you a question that you would like answered, why not send it to me. we do these questions friday among. i have to joke on myself quickly. i'm not a plant person. i called that a hibiscus. i think that's a mandilla. >> that's not earthy like the brat. smelled very earthy and interesting. >> good soil. >> it was good. i was actually
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stay with us. ay with us. r n my lifet we'll be right back. i could wak 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. (woman) i'll never stop walking, not till we find a cure. (woman) and it has to end, but it starts with us. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. it is the most rewarding experience i have ever had in my entire life. we can do this. you can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> as we told you a few days ago, keep an eye on the sky next tu
stay with us. ay with us. r n my lifet we'll be right back. i could wak 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people...
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you use your cell phone. rescuers in indiana tried everything and someone nearby suggested they quack and a police officer checked and sure enough, the app quacks. the duckling came out within minutes. there is an app for everything. >>> and that is it for us. fox 5 news is always on. keep it here. sports extra is two minute away. have a great evening, everybody. take care. [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road, lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting at every turn. [ coaster whoosh ] brave the black forest on verbolten. the all-new multi-launch coaster. only at busch gardens. . >>> good evening, everybody. welcome to another rousing edition of nissan sports extra. ahead in the show, the nats and yanks resume their interleague showdown. d.c. united returns to the pitch and wisdom martin and i go off of the wall. we begin with go
you use your cell phone. rescuers in indiana tried everything and someone nearby suggested they quack and a police officer checked and sure enough, the app quacks. the duckling came out within minutes. there is an app for everything. >>> and that is it for us. fox 5 news is always on. keep it here. sports extra is two minute away. have a great evening, everybody. take care. [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car...
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. >> although some of us have mentally spent the money, we wanted to see what the odds are of winning the jackpot. >> reporter: if you still haven't gotten your mega millions ticket. >> most people play the birthdays of all the family members or 7, 14, 21, 35, that's not the way to play it. >> oric let the computer decide. >> my experience says there's no strategy a. large number of people who won have been people who are not regular lotto players. >> reporter: now onto something you probably don't want to hear about, your odds. your more likely to get electrocuted like ben franklin. to be the next lotto winner? your odds are 1 in 176 million. >> you can dream about what you might do. >> reporter: back to the world of unreality, here's some food for thought, if you are the big winner. >> go seek some league advice. >> reporter: and the eternal debate, will your honor sum or series of payments. >> most people take the lump sum but 26 annual installments, you can't go wrong. >> it's so much better to do a press conference up front. >> reporter: since he already beat the odds in the whit
. >> although some of us have mentally spent the money, we wanted to see what the odds are of winning the jackpot. >> reporter: if you still haven't gotten your mega millions ticket. >> most people play the birthdays of all the family members or 7, 14, 21, 35, that's not the way to play it. >> oric let the computer decide. >> my experience says there's no strategy a. large number of people who won have been people who are not regular lotto players. >>...
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verizon officials told us theyu took part in the council investigation, meeting instig fairfax county. where all sides briefed eachea other about what went right. officials want an answer in days, not weeks. as you know, another storm could hit as quickly as this last. >> what are they at right now? >> they are focusing on thatthat arlington 911 center.ngnt this could go down as small as a microprocessor in a computer boards, so the big cause everybody would like to point to right now appears to be elusivee they continue to go through that, and they think they are hopeful they will be able to get answers here. >> close eye on the gsa.t anotherhe company conference, te administration planning a meeting in maui.ma they are scrutinizing the gsa after a spending scandal. a report found $269,000, one day events at the crystal gateway marriott. had a drum band, exercise, v.i.p. reception with pastries. music. >> we have to cut -- on the annual basis, they are spending over a quarter of a million in a year, it has to stop. there's another conference in maui, and the question is, not only why
verizon officials told us theyu took part in the council investigation, meeting instig fairfax county. where all sides briefed eachea other about what went right. officials want an answer in days, not weeks. as you know, another storm could hit as quickly as this last. >> what are they at right now? >> they are focusing on thatthat arlington 911 center.ngnt this could go down as small as a microprocessor in a computer boards, so the big cause everybody would like to point to right...
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] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combing tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all they'll see is me. [ ping! ] ♪ hi. totally new, awesomely-invisible tampax radiant. check out the whole radiant collection. crazy, right ? well, with this droid razr by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you guys can stay in touch. ( grunts ) cool. you can video call on skype... send photos. yeah, okay. yeah, let's do it. get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. >>> back now on fox 5 morning news. what a talker this was. astops a northern virginia family has learned its lesson about being late to school. charges were dropped thursday against the couple. they had gone to trial because their three children were late to school 30 times last fall. a motion filed yesterday showed the kids have only been late once so far since then so prosecutors decided to drop the case. >>> the battle over sugary drinks came to the nation's
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they shouldn't be out there trying to bully us. from that particular camera angle, you can't see what that ref is saying to me. if you could go back and change things, you would. this is nothing i can do to take that particular play back or what happened after that. all we can do from my point of view and the referee's pointed of view and the nfl is try to figure out a solution so that problem doesn't happen again. >> let me get hi
they shouldn't be out there trying to bully us. from that particular camera angle, you can't see what that ref is saying to me. if you could go back and change things, you would. this is nothing i can do to take that particular play back or what happened after that. all we can do from my point of view and the referee's pointed of view and the nfl is try to figure out a solution so that problem doesn't happen again. >> let me get hi
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stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be back after the break. >>> everyone is grooving in the studio. you should see gwen. red-hot chili pepper gave a free concert just hours after being inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame this weekend. >> busted! the rock show was an invitation show only. no shame in rocking out. >> what is that called? >> i don't know. >> we are famous for dancing during commercial breaks on the weekend. good for see you, my friend. you are talking hot weather again, right? >> we are talking hot weather. it was a really nice day yesterday. today will be even warmer than it was yesterday. brace yourselves, get ready. break out the sunglasses and the sunscreen. break out the moves in you want to dance. there you go. nothing like dancing in the hot weather. try to stay cool. make sure you drink plenty of water in this weather. we have a few high clouds this morning across the area. ridge of high pressure will help us out by clearing the clouds out of the way
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better weather on the way for us. let's get to the numbers and i'll start with the cold temperatures not just here in washington but up and down the eastern seaboard. check out new york, 34 degrees, boston 34 and 20s out to the west. pittsburgh, 28 degrees this morning. binghamton, 27. plenty of cold air, big chunk of cold air across the mid- atlantic and new england. that helped with the winter weather we are seeing across the northeast. there it is, wrapping up east of new york out towards the cape and the islands out there. you can see on the back side of it, we are getting the cloud cover and a few leftover sprinkles locally. there might be a sprinkle or flurry here early. the trend will be to clear things out. we'll remain cool today. the highs only in the low 50s. there will be a bit of a breeze that will make things feel nice and chilly out there. we are headed in the right direction with sunshine. 53 your daytime high in washington. 50 at quantico. mid- to upper 40s off to the north and west. 48 at dulles. war
better weather on the way for us. let's get to the numbers and i'll start with the cold temperatures not just here in washington but up and down the eastern seaboard. check out new york, 34 degrees, boston 34 and 20s out to the west. pittsburgh, 28 degrees this morning. binghamton, 27. plenty of cold air, big chunk of cold air across the mid- atlantic and new england. that helped with the winter weather we are seeing across the northeast. there it is, wrapping up east of new york out towards...
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why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> we continue the news edge. today, mitt romney wrapped up a weeklong overseas trip. he praised poland for tackling its unemployment crisis. he answered questions about controversial comments he made in israel and england during his trip. meantime, president obama prepared to campaign in ohio, florida, and virginia. >>> today, activists descended on washington demanding to see more change. calling for the first female presidential debate moderator in 20 years. three students from new jersey spearheaded the movement and marched to the democratic and republican national committees to hand deliver their petition. emma axlerod, and and two others joins in studio. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> it's like a commercial, right? and we'll start with you, elena and you guys went to capitol hill. what
why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . >>> we continue the news edge. today, mitt romney wrapped up a weeklong overseas trip. he praised poland for tackling its unemployment crisis. he answered questions about controversial comments he made in israel and england during his trip....
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or if you're not, it gives us an idea of where it is coming from. we will try to figure out what this is. so we will continue on that. >>> in the meantime, if you want to smell something prettier, you might want to head down to the basin because the peak bloom time of the cherry blossom trees is the 20th through the 23rd. and some are almost fully in bloom right now. they are expected to be about 20% out this weekend. so by tuesday, they're expecting these cherry blossom trees to be in full bloom. so to smell nice down there. >> yeah, the odor not affecting the cherry blossoms. >> we were there this week. if you're not into the big crowds, it won't be 100%, but a good 20%. gorgeous. >> very nice. >>> yeah, today we have storms in the forecast, but the week send looking great to enjoy it. that's good advise. well, let's have a look at where we are. we hit record highs yesterday. unbelievable. temperatures from 2 0 degrees- plus above the seasonal average. 82degrees at reagan international airport. breaking a record set back in 1990. and the earliest
or if you're not, it gives us an idea of where it is coming from. we will try to figure out what this is. so we will continue on that. >>> in the meantime, if you want to smell something prettier, you might want to head down to the basin because the peak bloom time of the cherry blossom trees is the 20th through the 23rd. and some are almost fully in bloom right now. they are expected to be about 20% out this weekend. so by tuesday, they're expecting these cherry blossom trees to be in...
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every color uses a separate screen. so if we have 13 colors, 13 screens. >> reporter: some signs have to be cut, printed and mounted for walls and pylons. the final step to hang them? >> we have a very strong double- sided tape that holds it in place. >> reporter: who knew all that stuck on by double-sided tape. that's strong. >> i would defy you to take it off. >> reporter: some signs have already been placed in stations. there's just no way to do it all in one weekend, sherri ly, fox 5 news. >>> a real life version of alfred hitchcock birds movie, a crow is swooping down targeting people for prey. >> later on the news edge the victims are innocent farm animals, police investigating a disturbing attack in fairfax county. we'll be right back. >>> for some folks in portland, oregon, a bird is causing a lot of trouble. it's a crow that keeps swooping down smacking people in the head. reporter ben sanger explains what's going on. >> reporter: in north courtland the traffic is only one of the worries. >> ran pas
every color uses a separate screen. so if we have 13 colors, 13 screens. >> reporter: some signs have to be cut, printed and mounted for walls and pylons. the final step to hang them? >> we have a very strong double- sided tape that holds it in place. >> reporter: who knew all that stuck on by double-sided tape. that's strong. >> i would defy you to take it off. >> reporter: some signs have already been placed in stations. there's just no way to do it all in one...
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stay with us. ith us we'll be right back. [ earnest ] out of the blue one day, we were told to build a 30-foot stage. gathered the guys and we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it was for. just days later, all three shifts were told to assemble in the warehouse. a group of people walked out on that stage and told us that the plant is now closed and all of you are fired... i looked both ways, i looked at the crowd, and...we all just lost our jobs. we don't have an income. mitt romney made over 100 million dollars by shutting down our plant and devastated our lives. turns out that when we built that stage, it was like building my own coffin, and it just made me sick. [ male announcer ] priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> only four nfl teams have ever started 3-6 and made the playoffs. the question is can the redskins become the fisk team? >> the coach says he has no choice but to treat etch of the last seven games as if they were playoff games. he ex
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♪ . >> good evening, thanks for joining us. for sports extra. i'm lindsay murphy. >>>ing in coming up, more of the same for the wizards and tiger woods provides a perfect christmas card. >>> and a day of march madness for sure. >>> and two teams punch their tickets to the final four, two more tomorrow and there is no shortage of drama on the edge of your seat moments in the two games today and beginning with syracuse and ohio state. and the ohio state buckeyes. the number two seed taking on jim bay time's top-seeded syracuse squad. the first half, the half-court alley-oop to him and teed at 29 at the half. and ohio state with the big man. he would go to work and after getting into foul trouble early and took over late in the game. and with some 19 points and seven boards. that is enough for ohio state to advance to the final fours with the 77-70 win. >>> and in the west final, it was louisville's rick pitino the teacher
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that is what green plants do for us they just some how help connect us all and people see a landscape here for us itis a giant green blanket covering our heros and comforting their families once a year we get to come here and tuck them in. >> reporter: you are teaching a lesson to future generations. >> the best part of this whole thing you want to talk about sustainability we have it here as we are showing our kids, where this all came from and how they can care for it in the future. >> plant care and patriotism they do go hand in hand. holly morris, fox 5 news. >>> the washington monument could be closed until 2014, thanks to last year's east coast quake national park service is accepting bids to repair the monument they hope it will start this september, it will require massive scaffolding and take 12 to 18 months to complete. >>> heck of a lights show last night went on for an hour at my house. >> those were bad storms once again, 102 degrees yesterday brian, plenty of atmosphere fuel for these storms we saw that terrible micro burst damage in fled ricks burg. -- fredericksburg. w
that is what green plants do for us they just some how help connect us all and people see a landscape here for us itis a giant green blanket covering our heros and comforting their families once a year we get to come here and tuck them in. >> reporter: you are teaching a lesson to future generations. >> the best part of this whole thing you want to talk about sustainability we have it here as we are showing our kids, where this all came from and how they can care for it in the...
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cut us off. planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. [ female announcer ] women need to know the real mitt romney. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. marywe invest in them.umber oned toin america becauset romney. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. share everything by turning your smartphone into a mobile hotspot for up to 8 wifi-enabled devices at no extra charge. like the new droid razr m by motorola only $99.99. earned -- robert griffin, iii has already earned the respect of osi you -- umenoria. the opposing quarterback sunday conserves a little respect, too. eli manning leads the nfl in yards and fewest sacks. he has a p
cut us off. planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. [ female announcer ] women need to know the real mitt romney. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. marywe invest in them.umber oned toin america becauset romney. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars...
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and use it as a cover. they figure they have gotten five or six conservative states where people don't use because they not in favor of abortions and if they want to get further, they think they need -- and they won't get it. even if it passes the house, it won't pass the senate. of course, that is based on bogus science. it's another one of those message bills that is for the republican base and extreme at this. >> -- at that. >> and i expect it to pass the house. >> thank you for filling us in here. >> my pleasure. >>> and all right, getting to the weather here. >> and with 80 degrees, 90, i guess you said it touchd? >> touched 90 and is starting to drop down. i we're still having problems with trees, even though for the most part, we have isolated showers and storms and that tree fell this evening in cleburn park and it's not from come any weather or storm today and this is east of connecticut avenue and this is massive and fell on cars. if you think the tree is leaping, after all of the wind we had, and
and use it as a cover. they figure they have gotten five or six conservative states where people don't use because they not in favor of abortions and if they want to get further, they think they need -- and they won't get it. even if it passes the house, it won't pass the senate. of course, that is based on bogus science. it's another one of those message bills that is for the republican base and extreme at this. >> -- at that. >> and i expect it to pass the house. >> thank...
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now they just go here. >> are they going to invite us down, do you know? >> would you like one the next time i'm invited? >> it's big. you can fit all your friends and sue palka's money in that. it's huge. >> we might need a bigger one. >> the fox 5 bubble. >> thank you, feldy. >> speaking of weather, hopefully you are not calling for snow or rain. >> i am calling for a gorgeous friday and followed by a possibly more supreme saturday. we're still on track for that. notice i left sunday out. sunday looks good. i think it will be a little cloudy part of the day and we may, in fact, have a couple showers late sunday, but we are in really good shape as we head into the weekend. i will say this. tonight will get a little chilly. don't be surprised tomorrow morning you step outside and you're like wait a minute. what happened to may? let's look at the weather headlines. headed for the 40s under clear skies and the winds that have gotten lighter tonight and wouldn't be surprised if there's some low 40s at that well out to the west in the mountains some frost advi
now they just go here. >> are they going to invite us down, do you know? >> would you like one the next time i'm invited? >> it's big. you can fit all your friends and sue palka's money in that. it's huge. >> we might need a bigger one. >> the fox 5 bubble. >> thank you, feldy. >> speaking of weather, hopefully you are not calling for snow or rain. >> i am calling for a gorgeous friday and followed by a possibly more supreme saturday. we're still...
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thanks for joining us. what's the latest word about what you guys are hearing going on in your county? >> thank you very much for having me. we have 10 road closings in the county now. we'll post those road closings on our website so that people can be updated. >> let me ask you quick you guys got affected by some of this tonight. you lost power with your website or communications tonight? >> right, we did. we had our i.t. folks back at the largo center where our i.t. office is. so they went back over there and were able to get power restored. >> that is good news. let me ask you about the damage around town. we understand there were tree branches down onto houses, a ceiling collapsed at a home we understand in upper marlboro. what's the latest you have on the damage in the county? >> so far the damage has been pretty minor. we've got about 8,500 homes that are without power. we have some individuals that are using our shelter. so we've got about 36 residents that are using the shelter tonight and so the da
thanks for joining us. what's the latest word about what you guys are hearing going on in your county? >> thank you very much for having me. we have 10 road closings in the county now. we'll post those road closings on our website so that people can be updated. >> let me ask you quick you guys got affected by some of this tonight. you lost power with your website or communications tonight? >> right, we did. we had our i.t. folks back at the largo center where our i.t. office...
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. >> knowing that people care helps us to get better. it's part of that process. >> a makeshift memorial near the movie theater is a simple of kindness. 12 died and 58 wounded in the attack. >>> in the race for the white house, president obama makes a surprise appearance at a white house press briefing today. the first time in two months he took to the podium. this comes as mitt romney appeared alongside his vice presidential running mate paul ryan. jennifer davis reports...
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you can count on us to keep you on the top of the campaign. when you are not near your tv, log on to myfoxdc.com for the latest. >>> leon panetta said iran is not yet building a nuclear boom but is laying the groundwork to do it some day. it said the world has the -- the experts, rather, have to exert pressure on iran's leaders to keep them from moving forward but says if iran blocks the strait of hormuz the u.s. military will respond. it is critical for oil trade. >>> the arab league is demanding that the syrian government stop the violence against people who want them out of power. in the last two weeks, 450 people died in the clashes between the people and the military sanctions fighting to keep the president in power. the government still has the upper hand. >> reporter: several civilians have been killed in government raids throughout syria. the exact number killed today isn't exactly clear. syrian forces attempted to break up antigovernment protests in damascus by firing water canyons in the crowd. the amateur video shows demonstrators b
you can count on us to keep you on the top of the campaign. when you are not near your tv, log on to myfoxdc.com for the latest. >>> leon panetta said iran is not yet building a nuclear boom but is laying the groundwork to do it some day. it said the world has the -- the experts, rather, have to exert pressure on iran's leaders to keep them from moving forward but says if iran blocks the strait of hormuz the u.s. military will respond. it is critical for oil trade. >>> the...
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as we did yesterday and winds continue but they will improve later on tonight but it will not stop us from having wind chills once again let's take a look at our maps a look at the wind gusts national airport, 49, 43-mile per hour winds, dulles, bwi, marshall, 33-mile per hour wind gusts right now they are any where from 16 to 29 to 33 miles per hour and our temperatures right now are into the 20s, a few 30s on our map here but overall, you factor in the winds and temperatures those wind chills evident in the the teens everywhere, a couple 20s but it will be another cold night across the region we have a few clouds they will clear out and give way under clearing skies, under a ridge of high pressure moving in, by 10:00 p.m. we will be 29 but only feel 19 degrees. so tonight into tomorrow morning cold once again, wind chills in the teens we've got changes coming up in our 5 day forecast, a few days unsettled also sunshine i will have those detailtell you when it will warm up back to you >> i know you have been talking a lot about the wind like me like a lot of you, you may have been la
as we did yesterday and winds continue but they will improve later on tonight but it will not stop us from having wind chills once again let's take a look at our maps a look at the wind gusts national airport, 49, 43-mile per hour winds, dulles, bwi, marshall, 33-mile per hour wind gusts right now they are any where from 16 to 29 to 33 miles per hour and our temperatures right now are into the 20s, a few 30s on our map here but overall, you factor in the winds and temperatures those wind chills...
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we have a few clouds north of us due to a frontal system there. other than that, not doing badly at all and the sun is going to be in full force for you tomorrow. plenty of sunshine tomorrow, but it's going to be hazy, hot, and humid. that humidity will start to creep back up again and as it does, it's going to feel uncomfortable tomorrow. i always call it the unwanted house guest. it's going to be sticking around because you're going to feel a big difference from today to tomorrow once that humidity does kick in. so be prepared. and lots of precautions to take in this hot weather. drink plenty of water. make sure you use sunscreen. you want to stay hydrated. wear light and loose clothing. check on your elderly neighbors. make sure they are okay. don't leave your pets or small children outdoors in this heat and make sure your pets have shade or keep them inside. make sure they have plenty of water and do not leave children in cars in this weather or pets. very, very important. five-day forecast showing you, we're looking at a few showers starting
we have a few clouds north of us due to a frontal system there. other than that, not doing badly at all and the sun is going to be in full force for you tomorrow. plenty of sunshine tomorrow, but it's going to be hazy, hot, and humid. that humidity will start to creep back up again and as it does, it's going to feel uncomfortable tomorrow. i always call it the unwanted house guest. it's going to be sticking around because you're going to feel a big difference from today to tomorrow once that...
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i have no idea. >> what have you got for us? >> i'm not sure. >> what can you tell us? >> apparently not much. there's a live shot. got clouds hanging across the area. fingers crossed we'll hold the temperature down a degree or two later today. otherwise,
i have no idea. >> what have you got for us? >> i'm not sure. >> what can you tell us? >> apparently not much. there's a live shot. got clouds hanging across the area. fingers crossed we'll hold the temperature down a degree or two later today. otherwise,
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stay with us. with us. rachel and sam have a house. now they want a home. a home where everything feels like it's designed just for them. where the styles they love fit into the wallet they have. big or small they want furniture that makes life better. that's why they visit us. we're more than a home improvement store. we're ikea, the life improvement store. [ harry umlaut ] hey you know what, i speak european. [ sally umlaut ] european isn't a language. i think they speak all kinds over there. nah. it's basically one language with a few variations. my cousin has a passport. uh-huh. take this fascinating muller yogurt. frut up. means "fruit up." as in creamy yogurt down below. and a delectable, aromatic layer of blended fruity, moussey, uppiness on top. frut up. as the europeans say. in their language. wow. you really are bilingual. yeah, i dated a comma in high school. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy.
stay with us. with us. rachel and sam have a house. now they want a home. a home where everything feels like it's designed just for them. where the styles they love fit into the wallet they have. big or small they want furniture that makes life better. that's why they visit us. we're more than a home improvement store. we're ikea, the life improvement store. [ harry umlaut ] hey you know what, i speak european. [ sally umlaut ] european isn't a language. i think they speak all kinds...
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thanks so much for joining us. we'll see you tomorrow. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪
thanks so much for joining us. we'll see you tomorrow. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪
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this takes us back about six hours or so. you can see that snow coming across very light in montgomery county, not much to the north of that, but in the city and look how quickly it has basically cleared out of the area, moved through here by about 7:00 quickly across the bay. now it's completely right on through delaware. there's a little out there but not much. in terms of the snowfall totals that we did end up getting, chevy chase right here basically northwest washington 1/2-inch, manassas 2 inches. it does every time. it goes real quick through that. manassas was 2 inches of snow. that seemed to be the concentration of the heaviest snow there. western sections of prince every prince william county town around fauquier county, dale city in prince william county 1 1/2 inches of snow, centreville 1 inch, fairfax 1 inch. generally across fairfax we saw about an inch of snow. national airport reported a little over 1/2-inch and dulles reported 1/2-inch of snow. importantly with temperatures tonight they've been holding fairly
this takes us back about six hours or so. you can see that snow coming across very light in montgomery county, not much to the north of that, but in the city and look how quickly it has basically cleared out of the area, moved through here by about 7:00 quickly across the bay. now it's completely right on through delaware. there's a little out there but not much. in terms of the snowfall totals that we did end up getting, chevy chase right here basically northwest washington 1/2-inch, manassas...
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as always, thank you for staying up late with us. see you.
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joining us now is the board chairwoman. thank you for joining us. have you not figured out what happened here? do you need a full investigation? you probably have a pretty good idea, don't you? >> well, i was very pleased to receive unanimous support from my colleagues on the board of directors and we will and are having an investigation into what went wrong with the major failure ever the 911 net -- of the 911 network, verizon network throughout northern virginia which very well could affect also maryland, washington, d.c. if it is not addressed. we are going to be looking at what precisely went wrong. we heard some of that from verizon today. we'll also talk about how can we make sure that the kind of redundancy and backup is in place so it doesn't happen again. >> is there not a redundancy in the backup system already in place? >> clearly the redundancy was not effective. so they -- what verizon told us is that they had backup generators and what not but those, too, went down. clearly that's not okay and we need to take a look with verizon at wha
joining us now is the board chairwoman. thank you for joining us. have you not figured out what happened here? do you need a full investigation? you probably have a pretty good idea, don't you? >> well, i was very pleased to receive unanimous support from my colleagues on the board of directors and we will and are having an investigation into what went wrong with the major failure ever the 911 net -- of the 911 network, verizon network throughout northern virginia which very well could...
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gustava torrez joining us from langley park, maryland. you're on the opposite side of the join coin here. i want you to speak and paint your own -- i want to you speak and paint your own day, why it's bad for the cause. >> we're concerned. it really is, the beginning of the amnesty fraud and abuse. i love to see pictures of illegal aliens, students at the casa headquarters paid for by the taxpayers of maryland and montgomery county and prince georges county. and so it's just a really, a waste of tax dollars for a two- year temporary stay. from deporting a. in addition and more concerning to us is the two-year work permit. which can displace, and we believe nationwide, would be about 2 million americans and potentially by illegal aliens signing up to this. >> and how do you respond to that? >> we're excited why you past hundreds of dreamers who want to make the contribution to our society. we are so excited, we're going to help in all of this process. they going to qualify and they going to have workout sensation to go to college. and it's
gustava torrez joining us from langley park, maryland. you're on the opposite side of the join coin here. i want you to speak and paint your own -- i want to you speak and paint your own day, why it's bad for the cause. >> we're concerned. it really is, the beginning of the amnesty fraud and abuse. i love to see pictures of illegal aliens, students at the casa headquarters paid for by the taxpayers of maryland and montgomery county and prince georges county. and so it's just a really, a...
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stay with us. ♪ ♪ you're ththank you, sweetie. oh... ♪ >>> the nationals are off to the best start since moving to washington. they beat the cincinnati reds in extra innings before a sellout crowd in their home opener. ryan zimmer map scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the 10th inning to give the nats the 3-2 victory. the nationals are now 5-2 and in first mace in the nl east. >> the home opener was picture perfect for the nats and their fans. fox 5's lindsay murphy has more. more. >> reporter: thousands of people, a ton of foot traffic and red, white and blue. it can only mean one thing. the nationals home opener. ♪ take me out to the ball game &&. >> the nats home opener. ♪ take me out to the crowd &&. >> i didn't think it would be this cold but we're prepared. >> reporter: not every day you go to the ballpark and meet a rapper. this could get you places. where else is it acceptable to have a food fight in public. the nats home ore. let's do t come on, you got to get in. oh, my gosh, air like 0-7. ♪ i don't care if
stay with us. ♪ ♪ you're ththank you, sweetie. oh... ♪ >>> the nationals are off to the best start since moving to washington. they beat the cincinnati reds in extra innings before a sellout crowd in their home opener. ryan zimmer map scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the 10th inning to give the nats the 3-2 victory. the nationals are now 5-2 and in first mace in the nl east. >> the home opener was picture perfect for the nats and their fans. fox 5's lindsay murphy...
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he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. we've got 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for work. they're suffering in this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy's growing slow like this, when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. who move our country forward, work hard, raise families, and keep america strong. but mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class, raising taxes on the average family by up to $2,000, while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america b
he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. we've got 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for work. they're suffering in this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the...
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we think for thousands of years, they protected us. comforted us and given us unconditional love. it's time to throw them a bone. give them recognition. and that's why we started the hero dog awards to celebrate that undying and close bond between people and animals. >> sergeant, i know you said call me chuck but i must call you sergeant. tell me about the work service dogs do. let's focus on gabe. what did he do? >> i can tell you there's so many great military working dogs out there doing great things. and gabe had 210 missions. everything from raids, searches, traffic control planes. if we found one thing, it's one less thing the enemy has to kill american forces. and gabe had 26 finds. weapons and ammunition. >> when we see working dogs and i said to you is it okay to pet him. does it do anything for the moral of soldiers or you don't get to throw that tennis ball when you are working? >> when the dog is working, he's working. when he's not working, he's a pet to the soldiers. we would take gabe over a lot of the times if the soldier got killed, then he becomes like where the
we think for thousands of years, they protected us. comforted us and given us unconditional love. it's time to throw them a bone. give them recognition. and that's why we started the hero dog awards to celebrate that undying and close bond between people and animals. >> sergeant, i know you said call me chuck but i must call you sergeant. tell me about the work service dogs do. let's focus on gabe. what did he do? >> i can tell you there's so many great military working dogs out...
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there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey.
there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey.
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good evening thanks for joining us. rodney king's beating at the hands of los angeles police, ignited riots in the early 90s. this morning at the age of 47, he was found dead in his backyard pool. anita voguele has more. >> i just want to say, you know, can we all get along? can we get along? >> reporter: that was rodney king in 1992, on the third day of the los angeles riots. today t man who once said he felt like he was an inch from death at the hands of the los angeles police, is dead at the age of 47. rodney king's fiance, calling 911 sunday morning an avid swimmer, king was at the bottom of their swimming pool. >> when they pulled him out he was unresponsive. >> reporter: king was drunk and unarmed when pulled over for speeding march 1991. his brutal beating iconic symbol of police brutality when four officers were tried for excessive force and acquitted april 1992, one of the worst urban riots in american history began. there were 55 riot related deaths and nearly $1 billion in property damage. king later wondered
good evening thanks for joining us. rodney king's beating at the hands of los angeles police, ignited riots in the early 90s. this morning at the age of 47, he was found dead in his backyard pool. anita voguele has more. >> i just want to say, you know, can we all get along? can we get along? >> reporter: that was rodney king in 1992, on the third day of the los angeles riots. today t man who once said he felt like he was an inch from death at the hands of the los angeles police, is...
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stay with us. that is coming up. ming up. . >> as we head to a break, a birthday celebration months in the making. thousands gathered in london to celebrate the trooping of color ceremony as the official birthday of queen elizabeth. the queen and prince phillip were joined by other members of the royal family, including the veteran of cambridge. the queen's actual birthday was in april when she turned 86. we'll be right back. stay with us. with us. joke see if i tried to get on one skeet -- . >> i could see if i wanted to get on one seat but three seats were paid for. >> that didn't stop delta airlines for canceling the ticket on the world's largest living athlete. he's an american amateur sumo wrestler. he's 6'7" and waveways 700 pounds -- and waveways 700 pounds. he was trying to fly from newark to italy for a business trip when delta cancelled his booking without any real explanation. delta claims that they reviewed his request travel and simply could not accommodate it. the departmen
stay with us. that is coming up. ming up. . >> as we head to a break, a birthday celebration months in the making. thousands gathered in london to celebrate the trooping of color ceremony as the official birthday of queen elizabeth. the queen and prince phillip were joined by other members of the royal family, including the veteran of cambridge. the queen's actual birthday was in april when she turned 86. we'll be right back. stay with us. with us. joke see if i tried to get on...
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those whisp y clouds will be wih us. it's still cler. just a few high clouds and still a chill in the air. mid 50s in washington. by noontime, it will jump dramatically into the upper 60s to around 70 with low humidity, and still a few whispy high clouds coming through. later today, reaching the mid 70s. tomorrow, beautiful day, sunny, low humidity. may hit low 80 saturday afternoon with increasing clouds. front coming in late saturday noon. might trigger a shower. on sunday, low 70s with partly cloudy skies. i'm back in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >> checking out things in our area, road work still happening on the outer loop of the beltway. the first work zone you'll come across -- oh, look at this, it's cleared. taillights, that's outer loop of the beltway at new hampshire avenue. did have the left lane blocked. looks like that is gone. had another work zone set up, thisti time at colesville road. traveling about 62 miles per hour, pretty fast. the drive is taking ten minutes. heading over to the belt
those whisp y clouds will be wih us. it's still cler. just a few high clouds and still a chill in the air. mid 50s in washington. by noontime, it will jump dramatically into the upper 60s to around 70 with low humidity, and still a few whispy high clouds coming through. later today, reaching the mid 70s. tomorrow, beautiful day, sunny, low humidity. may hit low 80 saturday afternoon with increasing clouds. front coming in late saturday noon. might trigger a shower. on sunday, low 70s with...
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you'll be able to see a wider view and this takes us back the last three hours. we have our light rain that is moving on through and more to come. although the next batch doesn't quite get into most of maryland, but probably going to sneak along just down to our south. perhaps you have a better chance in the northern neck of virginia or extreme neck. helpful rain today though. we have a huge deficit to make up. but a few spots did pick up a half inch. most other areas, .2 and a few spots up to .3. we have more rain in the forecast, potentially helpful rain as well gets in on saturday. i know a lot of you don't like to hear rain on the weekend. we understand. 53-degree right now. a lot of places at or above 50 degrees. manassas is 52. leanardtown 52. and not gong to be a cold night, but it will be a damp night and here is future cast. you can sew what we are talking about with a chance of light stuff later tonight. we have the batch and we believe there will an impulse, mostly affecting areas south of d.c. what happens by the time you begin your commute? most of t
you'll be able to see a wider view and this takes us back the last three hours. we have our light rain that is moving on through and more to come. although the next batch doesn't quite get into most of maryland, but probably going to sneak along just down to our south. perhaps you have a better chance in the northern neck of virginia or extreme neck. helpful rain today though. we have a huge deficit to make up. but a few spots did pick up a half inch. most other areas, .2 and a few spots up to...
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and it's always like that and tucker will tell us about that. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simons and look at this. the fireworks every year and do a lot of work to make sure that she goes off without a hitch. friday's storms didn't stop those fireworks on the mall last night and some huge crowds turned out. >> six days later, many people are feeling the effects of the storm. pepco was showing more than 21,000 customers still in the dark. dominion virginia had 14,000 out in northern virginia and bge has 13,800 without power in montgomery, prince georges, anne arundel, and howard count joe. and good thing tucker barnes is no longer part of the 13,000 number. >> that's right. >> and he has his power back on. apparently an out-of-state crew helped me out. we'll take it. >> yeah. >> and they are heros. whatever it takes. >> and gets you in a good mood. >> and a better mood. i abandon things and -- i didn't deal. right. >> a free for all. let it go. >> eighty right now in washington. the humidity, 58%. not much wind, well, in fact no wind. we'll b
and it's always like that and tucker will tell us about that. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simons and look at this. the fireworks every year and do a lot of work to make sure that she goes off without a hitch. friday's storms didn't stop those fireworks on the mall last night and some huge crowds turned out. >> six days later, many people are feeling the effects of the storm. pepco was showing more than 21,000 customers still in the dark. dominion virginia had 14,000 out in...
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they had to use boats to rescue people. in one apartment they say 25 people were trapped while the two-story home next door was burning and setting fire to their roof. in the meantime, a developing impact from sandy in our area, a leak at a water plant in maryland is sending about 2 million gallons of raw sewage rushing out every hour. this is all happening at the little pautuxent reclaimation plant in howard county. sky fox is over that scene right now. the overflow was caused by a power outage. bg and e has made the plant a top priority to get back online. there are no mandatory evacuations at this time. residents are asked to avoid the little pautuxent river, south of route 32. >>> in the meantime, hundreds of thousands of people in d.c., maryland and virginia are waking up in the dark this morning following sandy's arrival. here are the current numbers, dominion reports more than 103,000 customer out in northern virginia, about 21,000 pepco customers are without power, that number is down. bg and e has around 82,000 out
they had to use boats to rescue people. in one apartment they say 25 people were trapped while the two-story home next door was burning and setting fire to their roof. in the meantime, a developing impact from sandy in our area, a leak at a water plant in maryland is sending about 2 million gallons of raw sewage rushing out every hour. this is all happening at the little pautuxent reclaimation plant in howard county. sky fox is over that scene right now. the overflow was caused by a power...
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we're used to that at this point. the accu-weather seven-day forecast, most importantly, your weekend forecast and a sneak peek at thanksgiving day. weekend looks good. partly sunny conditions. i think we'll have clouds around sunday afternoon for that redskins game but it won't be raining. monday looks cloudy. we look ahead to thanksgiving, 57 with sunshine. right now, for traveling, things should be nice and quiet. >>> god morning. >> i see the turkey. >> yeah, it made an appearance. >> i just work with them. i'm kidding. >> i thought you were looking at wisdom there. >> i winked at wisdom and i leaned toward you. i leave our good friend sarah simmons out of that whole bit. for those traveling across the key bridge, heads up coming in out of virginia. it is the left side of the roadway that will skis by all of. this the cranes are busy doing some repatching and some roadwork and that is what is tying up the commute. coming inbound off of canal road, you have to swing wide here to make that right turn to head back ov
we're used to that at this point. the accu-weather seven-day forecast, most importantly, your weekend forecast and a sneak peek at thanksgiving day. weekend looks good. partly sunny conditions. i think we'll have clouds around sunday afternoon for that redskins game but it won't be raining. monday looks cloudy. we look ahead to thanksgiving, 57 with sunshine. right now, for traveling, things should be nice and quiet. >>> god morning. >> i see the turkey. >> yeah, it made an...
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joining us now is dr. henry massir, chief of the critical care medicine department at the national institutes of health. thank you for coming in tonight. what dangers does this drug resistant bacteria pose to humans? >> we know in this country and worldwide bacteria are becoming more and more resistant to our antibiotics. we also know a major factor accelerating this resistance is the overuse of antibiotics. it's overuse in humans, but more importantly it's the overuse in animals. 7 million pounds of years of antibiotics a year are used in humans, but 20 million pounds are used in animals and they're not used to increase animal health. they're used to increase the size of pigs, chicken, beef. so the choice we have is either use antibiotics to increase the size of our animals or to save them to save the lives of our family and friends. we can't have both. >> what does it do to our family and friends and us? >> the more we use antibiotics, the more resistant bacteria we'll have in our environment. that means
joining us now is dr. henry massir, chief of the critical care medicine department at the national institutes of health. thank you for coming in tonight. what dangers does this drug resistant bacteria pose to humans? >> we know in this country and worldwide bacteria are becoming more and more resistant to our antibiotics. we also know a major factor accelerating this resistance is the overuse of antibiotics. it's overuse in humans, but more importantly it's the overuse in animals. 7...
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tell us what you think about the candidates by using the hash tag fox 5 you decide on twitter and look for a complete wrap-up on fox 5 news at 10 and the news edgality 11. >>> >>> one thing is certain. the nats are acquisition champs and who they play in the post season are up in the air and they took foot field for the final regular season game-of- the-year. fox 5 sports director scott smith is live at nationals park hey, scott. >> reporter: they polished out their 98 win season today and meaning they clenched homefield play-offs regardless of what the reds do tonight. when and where they're going coming up. first, let's go to the highlights today against the phillies and pick it up in the fourth inning. down 1-0, ryan zimmerman. back after a night off and takes the opposite field and a solo shot, toys it at one and with the runner on and rips one down to left-field line and they clench the best record in baseball, 98-64 and edwin jackson wins the 10th win of the year. >> and no doubt about it, you want to finish feeling good that was definitely a feel-good finish. we all wanted him t
tell us what you think about the candidates by using the hash tag fox 5 you decide on twitter and look for a complete wrap-up on fox 5 news at 10 and the news edgality 11. >>> >>> one thing is certain. the nats are acquisition champs and who they play in the post season are up in the air and they took foot field for the final regular season game-of- the-year. fox 5 sports director scott smith is live at nationals park hey, scott. >> reporter: they polished out their 98...
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it's going to help us get better. we have a lot to learn. we really are learning. >> speaking of 19-year-old, bryce harper has taken may jr. league baseball by storm. the first half of the season, coming up next. [ male announcer ] ololympic tennis players bob and mike bryan are always on the move. so they can't get to the bank to deposit a check. instead, they use citibank mobile check deposit. it's easy. they just snap a pic... ♪ hit send... and their checks are deposited right to their account. well almost all of their checks. stand back. seriously? [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. >>> last night, bryce harper made history as the youngest position player ever to make an all-star team. i asked people on facebook and twitter to see what the best plays were this season. without further adieu, here we go. at number 3, love the graphics. june 12, north of the border against the blue jays at sky dome and i don't know if this ball has passed customs as of yet. going off the blackberry sig
it's going to help us get better. we have a lot to learn. we really are learning. >> speaking of 19-year-old, bryce harper has taken may jr. league baseball by storm. the first half of the season, coming up next. [ male announcer ] ololympic tennis players bob and mike bryan are always on the move. so they can't get to the bank to deposit a check. instead, they use citibank mobile check deposit. it's easy. they just snap a pic... ♪ hit send... and their checks are deposited right to...
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stay with us on nbc. he and his daughter alice will be on this morning's "today" show right here on nbc 4. just so delightful. she is so cute. later in life, she'll look back on these photos and be so happy that her dad went to the effort. >> or mortified. >> look how cute she is. >> that's nice. you see so many baby pictures, that's definitely another way to do it. >> so creative. >> good for him. >> still to come this morning, we have much more on the late night deal between the nfl and its referees. >>> also coming up, yet another reason why you should make it a priority to enjoy a little chocolate. >>> first though, the new record that may have you dreading your next trip to the atm. >>> talk about >>> record high atm fees may make you think twice about where you go to get your money. bankrate.com compares surcharges annually. it found the average atm fee is now at an all-time high of $2.50. surcharges typically come from the machine operator to a noncustomer. fees got even higher when banks choose fo
stay with us on nbc. he and his daughter alice will be on this morning's "today" show right here on nbc 4. just so delightful. she is so cute. later in life, she'll look back on these photos and be so happy that her dad went to the effort. >> or mortified. >> look how cute she is. >> that's nice. you see so many baby pictures, that's definitely another way to do it. >> so creative. >> good for him. >> still to come this morning, we have much more on...
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stay with us, the time now is 5:21. 5:21. . >>> oh, welcome back. it's 524time and taking a live look outside at the washington monument right now. can you see it's already hazy. [ laughter ] >> and going to be hazy, hot, and humid and we'll talk about that with tucker later o. >>> first, though the smithsonian folk ref festival is adding a daylong tribute to the godfather of go go. they're designating tomorrow as chuck brown tribute day. the tributes will include musical performances and hourlong fitness workout to the sounds of go go and storytelling on the history of go go and brown's career and that is hill between seventh and 14th street. head on down. >> listen to go go. >> yeah. >> a former first lady celebrates her berth eye day with disney characters. >> he's more on the theme park's latest exhibit. happy birthday -- . >> former first lady nancy reagan celebrated her 91st birthday among family, friends, and mickey and minnie movement the disney characters joined mrs. reagan for the grand opening of a new disney exhibit at the ronald reagan
stay with us, the time now is 5:21. 5:21. . >>> oh, welcome back. it's 524time and taking a live look outside at the washington monument right now. can you see it's already hazy. [ laughter ] >> and going to be hazy, hot, and humid and we'll talk about that with tucker later o. >>> first, though the smithsonian folk ref festival is adding a daylong tribute to the godfather of go go. they're designating tomorrow as chuck brown tribute day. the tributes will include...
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clouds on top of us. the thunderstorms staying to the north tomorrow morning and into the afternoon, showers and thunderstorms popping up. again, if we get the sunshine, that will give us a better risk and on wednesday morning, looking good. towards the bay some showers and through the day on wednesday, again, some showers, primarily east of 95. thursday, the high pressure builds in and thursday is looking gorgeous with lots of sunshine and relative humidities, nice and low and that will be very, very good on thursday. friday looks good, too. and a spotty thunderstorm is possible and into the weekend, we have a risk of showers and thunderstorms on saturday. look at the temperature, 84 degrees on sunday and sunday looks like the lower 80s and the nice refreshing mass. >> thank you. >>> and it's a teenage adventure as bryce harper returns to the nats starting lineup. lindsay murphy on deck next. >>> and it's great to talk to all of you. i want you to know that we could not be more excited about what you hav
clouds on top of us. the thunderstorms staying to the north tomorrow morning and into the afternoon, showers and thunderstorms popping up. again, if we get the sunshine, that will give us a better risk and on wednesday morning, looking good. towards the bay some showers and through the day on wednesday, again, some showers, primarily east of 95. thursday, the high pressure builds in and thursday is looking gorgeous with lots of sunshine and relative humidities, nice and low and that will be...
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george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> our election day coverage continues right now with spotlight on ohio and its 18 electoral votes. early voting started in early october. and i guess you could say it never ended cause it could -- you can still cast votes in ohio until yesterday at 2:00 p.m. you could still cast votes. then the polls open up this morning at 6:30. ballots cast before today have been scanned in but won't be counted until the polls close in ohio at 7:30 tonight. the virginia board of elections says the number of absentee voters increased. >> but the number of registered voters decreased. so will this affect the voting in virginia? live in fairfax county now. how are the polls holding up there so far? >> reporter: so far so good. ever since this morning , 5:30 this morning, a steady pace. people waiting in line patient tee and happily to cast their votes. interesting you mention that about the regi
george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> our election day coverage continues right now with spotlight on ohio and its 18 electoral votes. early voting started in early october. and i guess you could say it never ended cause it could -- you can still cast votes in ohio until yesterday at 2:00 p.m. you could still cast votes. then the polls open up this morning at 6:30....
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like 85% of us, you have hard water stains and that cleaner's not gonna cut it. truth is, you need something powerful. you need lime-a-way. it's 4 times more effective at removing limescale than the leading bathroom cleaner. because lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. for lime, calcium and rust... lime-a-way is a must. >>> making headlines in sports now, the nats and mets. in the bottom of the inning, ian caisse monde tied to a base hit down the third baseline. bryce harper would step up with the bases loaded. he delivers a walk-off hit to left to win it 7-6. that's right. -- even desmond tied for a base hit down the thunder base hit -- ian desmond tied for a base hit down the third baseline. >>> game five the of the eastern conference finals between the celtics and heat now. pierce hit a late three point are and
like 85% of us, you have hard water stains and that cleaner's not gonna cut it. truth is, you need something powerful. you need lime-a-way. it's 4 times more effective at removing limescale than the leading bathroom cleaner. because lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. for lime, calcium and rust... lime-a-way is a must. >>> making headlines in sports now, the nats and mets. in the bottom of the inning, ian caisse monde tied to a base hit down the third...